DISQUS

Film School Rejects: Rumor Market: Colin Farrell as Watson in Ritchie’s ‘Holmes’?

  • HempKnight757 · 1 year ago
    Please no Colin Farrell his not that great of an actor & this isn't Bad Boys III
  • Adam Sweeney · 1 year ago
    Farrell changed my opinion of him with his performance from In Bruges. I could see him playing the part, so long as he is willing to let Downey Jr. take the spotlight.
  • Homero · 1 year ago
    After seeing RDJ in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Iron Man and Colin Ferrell in In Bruges, I have no doubt that putting these two together would be fantastic. They're both aggressive and witty when they play their characters, so a collaboration would be VERY interesting to see.
  • Amanda · 1 year ago
    After seeing him ride that chick in Alexander and to see his private parts, I want to see him in anything...As long as he's nude.
  • Brian Rodden · 1 year ago
    Wow! One OKAY performance in In Bruges and you guys are on the Colin Farrell bandwagon. I actually want this guy to be good, but he just sucks in everything. I don't want that Irish bugger near this film.
  • Marc · 1 year ago
    I've only seen parts of In bruge agree, however there's more good.. A home at the end of the world and Cassandra's dream are 2 good movies.
  • Homero · 1 year ago
    @ Brian

    For the record, I've always been a Colin Ferrell fan, but his performance in In Bruges actually surprised me and I can see how that kind of light hearted focus he displayed in the film would work for Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes.
  • Ashley Demma · 1 year ago
    I always imagined Watson as being an older, mentor figure to Sherlock Holmes. The idea of Drunky McIrish mentoring anyone is laughable.

    I loved Farrell on Scrubs though.
  • Keith · 1 year ago
    Pride and Glory looks great, In Bruges was awesome and The New World is one of the best films there is... Give Colin the part!
  • N · 1 year ago
    I'd buy Farrell being Watson over Crowe. He might not be as solid an actor as RDJ is right now, but he was good in In Bruges and I hope he keeps the Irish accent which would make Watson even more interesting. However Professor Moriarty is an old withered man something Crowe clearly can't play, so I think they should rethink the bad guy.
  • Alericc · 1 year ago
    Pass on that movie if it came out. He has ruin so many movies by not being cast properly that to me he is a bad omen. Alexander ran the other night and I still can not watch that movie with him in it.
  • Jason Reneau · 1 year ago
    Colin is a good actor but I can't see him as Dr. Watson, when I first heard that Ritchie was doing this I immediately thought that Paul Giamatti would be a great Watson, or maybe Phillip Seymour Hoffman but that's just my opinion. On the other hand of Ferrell gains 40 or 50 pounds and grows a Jamie Hyneman-esque mustache than I would be all for it.
  • Troy · 1 year ago
    Farrell would overshadow rdj